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Have a healthy and impactful life, Peter Prichard -WEBSITE/BLOG – Have Positive Impact – https://havepositiveimpact.com/ The focus of my Daily Positive Impact posts is captured in many studies: –Researchers at the University of Southampton found in a study involving over 2,000 respondents that consuming bad news can cause anxiety and an overall bad mood. Uplifting news, on the other hand, motivated readers to make a positive impact rather than lament societal issues. –Witnessing acts of kindness produces Oxytocin, which aids in lowering blood pressure and improving our overall heart-health. Oxytocin […]

This post by the actress Pauley Perrette shows an airline’s public action against a racist customer. — A 50 something year old white woman arrived at her seat on a crowded flight and immediately didn’t want the seat. The seat was next to a black man. Disgusted, the woman immediately summoned the flight attendant and demanded a new seat. The woman said, “I cannot sit here next to this black man.” The fight attendant said, “Let me see if I can find another seat.” After checking, the flight attendant returned […]

What follows are sites that focus on the importance of  kindness and provide hundreds of examples: –Random Acts of Kindness – www.randomactsofkindness.org –Kindness is free – https://www.kindnessisfree.org/ –Daily Dose Of Kindness – https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/daily-dose-of-kindness –Kindness 101 – On The Road – Steve Hartman – https://www.cbsnews.com/evening-news/on-the-road/ #positiveimpact #kindnessmatters #teachersmatter #librarians Thanks Tom O’Keeffe for this post. — I hope, through the publication of positive stories and resources, to energize readers to take their own actions to make our world a better place. If you are already there, thanks!! Have a healthy and […]

There’s something about numbers that always seem to stick with Retired South Bend Police Lieutenant Gene Eyster. Case numbers, addresses, license plates – if he jotted them down at some point during his 47 years of policing, they’re likely still swimming through his mind, even today, nearly five years since working his final shift at SBPD. It’s how he can still remember the date, the time, the outside temperature and even the TV channel he was watching when he received one of the more unsettling phone calls of his police […]

Gerda Lerner, the historian and scholar who pioneered the field of women’s history, once described how frequently girls and women’s stories have been neglected in the study of history: “In my courses, the teachers told me about a world in which ostensibly one-half the human race is doing everything significant and the other half doesn’t exist. I asked myself how this checked against my own life experience. ‘This is garbage; this is not the world in which I have lived.’” To introduce kids to pioneering women role models who changed […]

DAILY POSITIVE IMPACT – A FANTASTIC LIST OF POSITIVE IMPACT PEOPLE Thanks Joe Zopi for this energizing list. I hope, through the publication of positive stories and resources, to energize readers to take their own actions to make our world a better place. If you are already there, thanks!! Have a healthy and impactful life, Peter Prichard –Witnessing acts of kindness produces Oxytocin, which aids in lowering blood pressure and improving our overall heart-health. Oxytocin also increases our self-esteem and optimism: www.randomactsofkindness.org -WEBSITE/BLOG – Have Positive Impact – https://havepositiveimpact.com/ FROM: […]

Welcome to the Quote of the Week:   Have you ever pondered about life’s meaning and purpose? In the words of the Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso, the essence of existence lies in discovering one’s gift, and that the best way to live is to share it with others. Raoul Nolan This week’s Care Package (Articles, videos, podcasts, thought provokers, and other nutrients for these challenging times.) Meditation of the Week: Finding your Life’s Purpose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRTSNSZscaU An Introspective Question for you to ponder: What is your gift to the world? […]

A priest refused to bless their union, but this mixed-race couple fought for their love through all  the prejudice and stayed together for more than seven decades. Trudy and Barclay Patoir met at work in 1943, and his kindness and care won her heart. Indeed, how could you not fall in love with a man who brings you tea and sandwiches? Being judged for their mixed-race relationship and given no chance to have a happy marriage, the loving couple proved critics wrong. They shared their 73-year story of love and […]

“Today my daughter changed her profile picture. After maybe 5 minutes I get a text …’ I didn’t know she was dating a black boy, did you?’ It took me all day to think up a response, which I didn’t send personally but thought I would share for anyone else that ‘may not know’. Yes in fact I did know, but the color of his skin doesn’t define who he is. What does define who is he is how he treats my daughter. I see my daughter dating a boy […]

A billionaire said ⁦Mackenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos ex-wife, is “destroying western civilization” by donating billions to charities for women, minorities and marginalized groups. After learning of his vacuous remarks, she doubled her donations. In fact, Mackenzie has donated more in two years than Bezos has in his lifetime. Bravo Mackenzie Feminist News I hope, through the publication of positive stories and resources, to energize readers to take their own actions to make our world a better place. If you are already there, thanks!! Have a healthy and impactful life, Peter […]